Home Equity Just saw an article by NewRetirement.com that gave their answer to this question. It happens to be an answer with which I agree. However, my answer would be that if your situation would be improved with an RM go NOW. They say when: You Need the MoneyHousing Prices Are HighInterest Rates Are LowYou […]
Olympic Meals The reporters and athletes and all others were severely limited on where they could go during the duration of the Olympics. Several correspondents and athletes have waxed eloquently about the food at the many 7-ELEVENS in Tokyo as there are 20,000 in Japan so they were easy to find. You can get full […]
Reasons to Get a Broker’s License Received a wonderful email last week from a wonderful student, Maria Lopez Flores. She emailed me mentioning that she was not getting our emails. We appreciate this as many times the emails are going to spam or there has been some problem with our email service. She also sent […]
DRE Regulation Amendments A recent pronouncement from the Department of Real Estate stated that some amendments were coming to our DRE Regulations because of bill AB 2884. Can’t be too earth shattering because no public hearing is scheduled, and if you want to make any written comments, make them before 1700 Hours on 9/8/2021. Responsible […]
The Sit-Com King When the TV Emmys were announced, it seemed like we had not watched very many shows. But we have shows we love and do not miss. At one time I was considered the “Sit-com King”. Didn’t miss All In The Family, Mary Tyler Moore, Newhart, Mash, etc. They morphed into The Jeffersons, […]
BENEFITS OF OWNING REAL ESTATE A 1964 article from the Van Nuys Green Sheet today known as the Los Angeles Daily News. Some of the numbers need to be changed to protect the public, but the thought is still current. The depreciating benefits of owning real estate are not completely understood by many prospective investors. […]
World Records Having the contests in Japan sure messes up any viewing schedule. So, since I dislike commercials (ok, maybe not Geico) we recorded the NBC prime version and watched after dinner. This meant that I could not listen to most radio or TV stations during the day. The Women’s Gymnastics has been hashed over […]
Managing Repairs Of course, your apartment must be really ready for showing to get theright tenants. Sad apartments make sad tenants. Normally, when someone has leased your apartment for the year, themajor issue that will arise is needed repairs. And the one factor thatis important to them is that the repairs be done professionally andfast. […]
Trade Tips Somebody asked me for any ideas on how to grow a Property Management company. The answer I wrote might be of interest to other readers, so it follows: Join Apartment Associations and attend their meetings.Get your CPM designation through NAR as soon as possible. Start on the courses so you can state that […]
Best Story A speaker was projecting a live example of a real estate agent rating site, “Incredible Agents.” He pulled up the listings of agents in the city in which he was speaking and started to read. One rating said, “This agent was the worst in the history of mankind. The only thing she was […]
